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Benjamin Bratt has stepped in to replace Al Pacino in the Despicable Me sequel. Pacino was drafted in as the voice of Eduardo when Javier Bardem passed on the project, but Deadline.com reports he has quit the film.
Bratt and the movie's bosses now have a race against time to re-edit Pacino's work and add further dialogue before the film's release on 3 July (13).

Each week, Hollywood gives us something to whine about, and the week of April 29 was no different. We could make a drinking game out of this week, but that would be too dangerous. Instead, we'll stick to the usual formula: varying levels of alcoholic respite depending on how bothersome the week's issues are. Is your biggest complaint this week a flimsy one? How about a light cocktail to take the edge off? Got a real bone to pick with a celeb or entertainment entity this week? Go ahead, grab a drink that'll put hair on your chest. Here are the week's entertainment stories that are forcing us to seek a bubbly or boozy refuge. And maybe an idea or two about how you should wash them down.
Sip a Little White Wine Sangria
Because Kanye West is at again. He took to Twitter with a two simple words and now we're all forced to lose our minds speculating.
Lars von Trier's new movie poster is just two parentheses. But really, it's forcing us to be the perverts to fill in the female anatomy blank.
Someone needs to buy Al Pacino a calendar. He just dropped out of a movie two months before its release.
It turns out, celebrities and horse owners have a lot in common. Apparently, they employ the same thought process when naming their babies and their horses.
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Harrison Ford doesn't seem to be too jazzed about his new movie. This video doesn't bode well for Ender's Game, does it?
Jaden Smith is supporting Justin Bieber's harem pants movement. At the cost of looking like he has baby legs.
Everyone at The Office says Steve Carell isn't coming back. But we refuse to believe Michael Scott would miss this finale.
What the hell, Showtime? This Dexter poster is going to give us nightmares.
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Lindsay Lohan has been arrested so many times, we can't keep track. No really, we tried and it's near impossible.
Amanda Bynes finally gave a reason for her madness. She wants to look like a famous stripper. Great, back to square one.
This whole Reese Witherspoon thing keeps getting worse. Now there's a second video of Jim Tosh scolding Witherspoon. Will it never end?
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Forget whoever wins the Kentucky Derby — seems Universal Pictures is the speediest of all. Just hours after announcing that Al Pacino had parted ways with Despicable Me 2, the studio — which is producing the film with Illumination Entertainment — confirmed Benjamin Bratt has stepped in to replace the Scarface star as the film's villain, Eduardo.
On Friday night, Universal and Illumination Entertainment released news that Pacino had left the project over creative differences, just two months before Despicable Me 2's July 3 release. According to Deadline, Pacino had recorded most of his voice work before making the decision to leave Despicable Me 2, but the film's animated nature will allow for the easy swap. Since the film won't require reshoots, Despicable Me 2's release date will remain the same.
Though why exactly Pacino left the project remains unknown, the Jack and Jill star is known for his artistic integrity.
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Al Pacino is Despicable no longer. The actor has reportedly stepped down from his role as the villain in the upcoming Despicable Me 2 — which is scheduled for release on July 3. In case you don't actually believe your calendar, that's exactly two months from now.
According to Deadline, Pacino was supposed to play the film's villain, Eduardo, and had recorded most of his voice work. Unfortunately, after creative differences with the filmmakers, he decided to step down.
The studio is reportedly scrambling to find a replacement, but should be able to do so shortly and not affect the release date. Because it's an animated film, another actor can slip into the role without requiring reshoots.
In a statement to Deadline, the studio said, "Over the production of Despicable Me 2, there were creative differences between us and Al Pacino, who had been cast as the voice of Eduardo in the film. We have mutually decided with Al to replace the voice of Eduardo with a new actor. Universal and Illumination thank Al for his many contributions to the process and look forward to a new actor bringing this memorable character to the screen upon its release this summer."
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I took a poll of every American citizen and I discovered a startling fact: 97 percent of all people with more than three functioning neurons hate Alexis Bellino. The three percent of people who said that they like her include her mother, her children, the lady at the dry cleaners she once gave a $100 tip to because she thought it was a $5 and didn't catch the mistake, and about 600,000 people who think that an "Alexis Bellino" is a fruity brunch cocktail that Teresa Giudice is marketing. Notice that Jim Bellino is not on this list. He secretly hates her too.
Yes, everyone hates Alexis Bellino because she is The Worst. Wait. She is the Second Worst. Real Playboy Posers of the OJ Simpson Trial has only been over for a couple of weeks and we've already forgotten Faye Resnick? No. We have not. Never forget.
The show started off with Alexis doing something that wasn't the worst. She went to Vicki and brought her a mirror as a "plastic surgery gift" so that Vicki can check her face at any time of day to see if the swelling has gone down. It was Bedazzled. That part was the worst. It's the rest that made a bit of sense. Vicki says, "I'm going to Tamra's Empty Gym Party. Will you be my date? Tamra said it's OK." Alexis replied, "Are you still high on pain medication, because this is a very bad idea?" Yes, it was a horrible idea and Vicki knew it and Alexis knew it and everyone knew it but the producers, who arranged this whole storyline and stood behind the camera rubbing their fingers together like the Purple Pie Man in the Strawberry Shortcake cartoons. It was diabolical. Vicki said, "Well, they made me really sad the last time I was with them, so I need you for back up." Alexis put on her best baby voice, like she was talking to a 4-year-old who just fell off his Razr Scooter and said, "Ohh. Vicki-wicky wants me to goey-woey with her to the party-farty? OK!"
Then the producers told Alexis she had to ask Vicki if she could bring new Housewife Lydia so that all the wax figures would be together in what is, essentially, an empty industrial garage. Alexis went over to Lydia's house to invite her to the party. Lydia is like, "I already know your friend Heather." And Alexis says, "Oh, what did she say about me?" And Lydia says, "That you have a fake ring." OK, Lydia is going to make an excellent Housewife just based on this alone. We all saw her visit with Heather and Alexis' fake ring came up in the context of their conversation and Lydia had already told Heather they knew each other, so it wasn't an illogical leap to ask if she had a fake ring like Alexis. But the way Lydia tells it, it sounds like she told Heather she knew Alexis and Heather just blurted out, "She's got a fake ring, you know!" That is some some really next level bullshit. I am impressed with this Lydia. I really am.
There are all these scenes where everyone is talking about Vicki coming to dinner and bringing Alexis and blah blah blah and the only one that really matters was the one where Heather and Terry had dinner with Lydia and her husband, Men's Health. Heather told them they wouldn't be in their magazine because they wouldn't be on the cover. Heather Paige Kent Dubrow, in some corners of the world, is still just as big a star as Helen Hunt or Kristen Chenoweth. But, really, who isn't? Who isn't? Then Lydia was like, "I'm going to Tamra's party with Alexis. See you there!" Heather opened her mouth and a half-chewed bit of Cobb Salad fell out and landed on the napkin in her lap and then fell to the floor with a silent sloppy thud. Heather tells Lydia in the nicest way possible that she will be judged by the company she keeps and, if she shows up at a party with Alexis, everyone will think that she has Jesus Cooties and won't want to be nice to you. It's true, I feel the same way. Lydia says, "I can't believe I'm involved in drama already." Ha. Do you even know what show you're on? This isn't The Be Nice Hour with Dr. Rainbow Sprinkles. What did you think you were signing up for?
Alright so the limos pick everyone up and of course they drop off Heather and Gretchen to Tamra's Empty Gym Party first so that Tamra can tell them all how she wishes Alexis wasn't coming now and she was very nervous about it. I don't blame her. Then Vicki and Alexis walk in and Alexis is like Kaleesi in the last episode of Game of Thrones, holding her pet dragon Lydia on a chain while she sneers and bucks in the air, making crazy wheezing rasps and spitting out sparks at anyone who comes near her.
But that's mean to Lydia, she was as nice as nice could be and when she sat down she really tried to make small talk with the rest of the ladies. She was trying really hard to be nice. But this is why it's so hard to get a new Housewife on the show. At this point, their differences are so intractable it's like trench warfare (I have used this metaphor more times than Vicki has had her face pulled). I mean, they were going back to s**t from two seasons ago when they brought up Alexis ganging up on Vicki in San Francisco. How do you expect Lydia to catch up or to say anything about that? She just becomes like a tennis referee watching the ball fling back and forth in an endless volley where it is always Ad In, Ad Out, Ad In, Ad Out over and over and the game is never won. And there is no Love (we're extending tennis metaphors today, right?).
Ugh, so this fight. OK, we gotta talk about it. (Oh please, Brian. You make it sound like you haven't been thinking about it all morning measuring the similes and metaphors you were going to use when you finally got to this point. You're not fooling anyone, you dumb tramp.) Here goes. First, when they were sitting around Vicki made some crack about how her grandson is "my baby." That is just stupid and for them to attack Vicki about it and Vicki to defend herself so vehemently, is well, it's stupid. All that should have been done with this strange verbal turn is that someone should have made a "Maybe a dingo ate your baby" joke and moved on.
Alright, then we move to the table and Tamra was lording over it like Al Pacino in Dick Tracy, banging her fist on the table and asking someone for walnuts. Things were actually pretty nice until Vicki, of all people, was like, "Thanks everyone for coming, including Alexis and let's all start over." Vicki, when there is a giant turd in the corner of the room that you're trying to hide, you don't say to a table full of people, "Hey, don't smell the turd over there, because we're all trying to enjoy our dinner." Just glance over it and hope for the best.
No, Vicki called attention to the turd and then everyone had to take a whiff and make a grimace as the shit stink singed their nose hairs. Tamra, very calmly and rationally said, "Well, Alexis. Why are you here?" That is a valid question. Why was she there? She could have answered it gracefully and said, "I know things were bad between us but maybe we can all meet and work out our problems and take this forward." No, she went with, "Well, you all made Vicki so sad last time you hung out, she needed me around." That started it. It was an attack to everyone else, they are bad people who make Vicki sad. The mood just tumbled down from there, like a sack of rancid meat falling off a cliff.
I'm not sure exactly how to parse this interaction, I never am, but it seems like the women did gang up on Alexis. Tamra says, rightly, that she was gracious to allow Alexis to come, but Alexis ruined it with her pure idiocy. The thing about this argument is that there is no argument. There are no issues to get over or misunderstandings to unwind. This is just unbridled animosity festering into various skin lesions and then bursting with puss all over a rented dinner table with fake flowers in an empty gym. They just can't stand each there. It's both so easy and so hard to put that into words.
As far as there is an issue, everyone hates that Alexis says they gang up on her. This is a ridiculous argument. What do you expect when you are in a group scenario? Setting the rules that only one person can talk to you about an issue at a time virtually makes any sort of conversation in a group completely impossible. Then Alexis shuts it down, not on a point of substance, but a point of order. She derails the whole discussion.
Also, if this is Alexis' big complaint, why would she sit at dinner with everyone without checking in first? She knew she was going to this party, why not call Tamra or Gretchen and have a phone call or a lunch and try to reach some sort of detente before the dinner? No. She showed up in front of three people who hate her and said, "I'll only talk to you one on one." That is ridiculous. That is utterly stupid.
Even stupider is telling Tamra to butt out of a conversation that was happening in front of her at her party. The party was small enough that everyone was having one discussion so there is nothing to butt out of. Now, I hate a nasty temper beast, but man when Tamra told Alexis, "Butt out? How about you get out. Get out of here!" and just threw her out, it felt so fulfilling. It was like that wonderful voided feelings your bowels have when you've been on an eight hour flight and you finally make it to the toilet to unleash the world's biggest shitlog. Then Tamra told Vicki that she could pick her side right now and either get out with Alexis or stay there. Of course, that is where the episode ends. Next week we'll have more senseless screaming. Oh joy, oh yay.
But that's not where it ended for Alexis. She still had to make that long walk back to her limo, across a desolate parking lot in an industrial park somewhere in Orange County. The lighting was all orange and low, not from street lamps, but from posts sticking out of the ground that are illuminated. No one needs a lot of light around here, everyone visits during the day and finishes their work and rides home in the crimson streaked twilight. But Alexis, she was here in the dark, her face taking on strange shadows from the uplighting as she clomped quickly to the limo. Forget waking up in a strange bed and having to put your party dress back on and head home, this is the real walk of shame, after being thrown out of a party that you weren't invited to for being awful. That is the saddest thing there is.
Alexis sat in the back of the limo and closed the door. "Take me home, please," she said to the driver. "I'm sorry miss," he said not turning around and looking at her in the rearview mirror. "I've been instructed to stay. You can't go home. Not yet at least."
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Robert Downey, Jr. is convinced it is only a matter of time before he is on stage collecting a Best Actor Oscar. The Iron Man star has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, once for 1992's Chaplin and again in 2008 for his comedic turn in Tropic Thunder.
However, Downey, Jr. has no qualms about missing out on Hollywood's biggest prize to Al Pacino and Heath Ledger respectively, because he knows he will eventually hold the fabled golden statuette in his hand.
He tells American GQ, "I know it's going to happen. That's just a fact. I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape (my life) now and I didn't have at least one. Because it just doesn't make sense. That's why I don't mind showing up and watching everybody else get them."
Despite his self-confidence, the actor insists he doesn't strive for critical acclaim, adding, "I don't care. I used to think I cared, and I couldn't care less. Now, I'm not saying I wouldn't get a little choked up, but it is amazing to see how people are literally hyperventilating when they get up there, because they have such an attachment to this outcome. I mean, it's not like we're at the f**king Olympics or something."

Everything was going swell during last night's Mad Men — "Collaborators" — until a flashback sequence showed a young Dick Whitman (Brandon Killham) entering a whorehouse for the first time with his mother. How traumatizing! But the subject matter wasn't the issue — it was the fact that Killham, who has played young Whitman before, looks absolutely and comically nothing like Don Draper. Puberty, emIright?
Twitter exploded when Killham took the stage, mostly because of his unfortunate bowl cut and brooding disposition. There is simply no way that this kid is going to grow up to be Jon Hamm, ever. But since we're nice and still want Killham to get work in this town, we've come up with five people he could theoretically play should this whole Draper thing not work out.
1. Moe Howard: It's too bad that Killham just missed the latest Three Stooges movie, because if he worked on curbing that broody disposition he would make a great young Moe Howard.
2. Lloyd Christmas, Dumb and Dumber: If they ever want to make another ill-advised Dumb and Dumber prequel, Killham would be a perfect Lloyd Christmas.
3. Anton Chigurh, No Country for Old Men: Now here's a meaty role for young Killham. Javier Bardem won an Oscar for his portrayal of this disturbingly violent serial killer, but given what we saw on Mad Men last night, we think Killham could give his chilling performance a run for its money.
4. Phil Spector: Al Pacino already played Phil Spector in an HBO movie this year, but we have a feeling this won't be the last (or first) time Spector's violent story is brought to life.
5. Vector, Despicable Me: Sure, Vector ended up marooned on the moon at the end of Despicable Me, but clearly what the world truly needs is a live action spin-off starring Killham as the fabulously funky villain.
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If someone tells you they watch Saturday Night Live on Saturday night they are lying. If someone tells you they watch the entire episode and not feel like fast-forwarding through one or two (or all) of the sketches they are also lying. That is why my SNL viewing should take place on Sunday morning, where you can easily jump over the boring, painful bits. Plus, if you think it's enjoyable to sit through the same car commercial 7 times you are also so very, very wrong. Instead of reviewing all the sketches on Vince Vaughn's return to SNL, I break it down by what point I bailed on each sketch and why. Do you agree with where I gave up? Let us know in the comments below! Gun Control Cold Open: 3 minutes.When I Bailed: When Papa John's Pizza became the focus of the discussion. I'm afraid it was too close to the truth to actually be funny.Times I Laughed: 1
Vince Vaughn Audience Monologue: 4 minutes.When I Bailed: When Vaughn decided he was hosting the Maury show. Times I Laughed: 1
Al Pacino Biopics: 1 minute.When I Bailed: After the amazing Amanda Knox impression. Nothing could have topped that.Times I Laughed: 2
The Weather Channel: 2 minutesWhen I Bailed: Not long after 'Stormy Skies'' bumpy open. The corny soap opera for The Weather Channel would have been better if everyone just shouted out absurd headlines for moderate weather. I don't care about the precipitation in your pants, unless you're actually going to show us.Times I Laughed: 1
History of Punk: The whole thing! 4 minutes 30 seconds.When I Bailed: I didn't! This wasn't funny at all, but since it resembled VH1's entire TV lineup, I couldn't turn away. Times I Laughed: 0 Short Term Memory Loss Theater: 30 seconds.When I Bailed: When I realized this sketch wasn't only unfunny, but it actually put me to sleep in 30 seconds.Times I Laughed: 0
Weekend Update: 5 minutesWhen I Bailed: When Seth Myers started talking about the Cookie Monster. I did however stick around for the full 'Accidental Racist' sketch. Although it wasn't exactly original (they literally had Keenan Thompson quote LL Cool J's most recent interview at one point), it was necessary and still funny. Because when you have a song like 'Accidental Racist' and LL actually saying "It wasn't perfect," you barely have to say anything at all. Times I Laughed: 3 Junior Prom: The whole thing! 4 minutes 30 seconds.When I Bailed: Was probably a mistake, but I didn't! I'm a sucker for the prom, so I had hope. But things got weird when Vaughn removed his Liz Claiborne outer coat to snap dance with a boy with a half-mullet. Then, with a boy wearing an electric red cummerbund. It sounds funny, but it wasn't. Times I Laughed: 1 Roundball Rock: 2 minutes.When I Bailed: After the second rendition of "Basketball" when I felt a migraine coming on.Times I Laughed: 0
Last Call: 2 minutes.When I Bailed: After "blended genitals" was uttered. Times I Laughed: 1 (and it had to do with bar hair)
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You may think you know what you're in for when you start watching an HBO's Phil Spector. It'll be a Quality with a Capital Q production built around a bonkers central performance by Al Pacino, in which he (literally and figuratively) wigs out and practically screams "Look at me, ma! I'm acting!" But the movie as it stands is far richer, and far more unsettling, than your typical Emmy bait. That's due in part to writer-director David Mamet, whose script mostly avoids the histrionics we'd expect in a depiction of the legendary music producer's trial in the death of actress Lana Clarkson. It's also due to a general serious-mindedness about the case and its implications, for Spector's legacy specifically and celebrity in general, that all parties involved seem to share.
Al Pacino Plays a Fiery Phil Spector in New Trailer for HBO's Film
HBO tacked on an unusually severe bit of legalese to open the film: "This is a work of fiction. It is not 'based on a true story.' It is a drama inspired by actual persons in a trial, but it is neither an attempt to depict actual persons, nor to comment on the trial or its outcome." Somebody really doesn't want to get sued. What's odd, though, is that, despite supposedly not being based on a true story, Mamet's script dives deep into the Rashomon-like details of Clarkson's death. If Spector had placed the gun in Clarkson's mouth and pulled the trigger, why wasn't there more blood splatter on his white blazer jacket? As it is, there were only a couple pin drops of blood on it, when any ballistics study shows there should have been a deluge. On the other hand, why the hell would this woman decide to commit suicide in Spector's house? And with one of Spector's many guns, no less? If Spector hadn't killed her, why did he run out to his chauffeur and, holding a pistol, say, "I think I killed somebody." Or, did the Brazilian chauffeur with a tenuous grasp of English actually mishear Spector saying, "I think you should call somebody"?
Mamet captures the difficulty in discerning truth from fact, even when (or especially when) a case has a mountain of forensic evidence to parse. Unlike latter day Law &amp; Order or CSI, there's a feeling here that establishing guilt or innocence is a lot more complicated than indexing fragments of brain and skull. And a profound melancholy permeates the film: the feeling that a man who gave the world incredible beauty through years of revolutionary music ultimately created a situation, even if he didn't actually pull the trigger, to hang himself. Every Christmas when I listen to his 1963 masterpiece A Christmas Gift To You From Phil Spector, I'm struck by his heartfelt recorded message at the end to his listeners. Here was a mind at that point uncluttered by drugs but probably already afflicted with the fears and insecurities — about his masculinity, his relationship to women, his elusive quest for "perfection"— that would doom him. Pacino, for his part, underneath the Afro wigs, still conveys some of that sensitivity that came through in Spector's early work, especially in an early scene when he covers his lawyer, played by Mirren, with a blanket to protect her from the chill. There's a gentleness there that belies the ferocity that comes out at other moments, like when he talks about how he thinks the world should view Clarkson's death as meaningless compared to the deaths of truly great individuals, like his friend John Lennon.
Phil Spector also suggests how little we appreciate the people who create pop culture behind the scenes. By default we're more likely to be on the side of O.J. Simpson when he's charged with murder — at first, anyway— because he ran through airports in Avis commercials, won the Heisman Trophy, and starred in The Towering Inferno. Michael Jackson could have supporters ready to release a white dove for each charge of which he was aquitted at his molestation trial. But Spector? He'll have people standing outside supposedly supporting him with cries of "Back to Mono!" who then throw blood — "The blood of Lana Clarkson!" — on him. Unfortunately, Mamet doesn't explore the different relationship between pop culture consumers and its behind the scenes creators as much as he could. Instead, he tries to set up a tired generation-gap theory for the negative backlash against the producer. There's a really out-of-place and silly scene near the beginning where he introduces the idea that young people today don't even know what 45 rpm records are, so how could they believe in Spector?
Despite those flaws, Mamet's take on Spector's descent ultimately works because of the underlying sadness that suffuses it. This isn't just a sensationalistic tale of the "dark side of genius," but the depiction of a terrible tragedy for everyone involved. And actually, with its combination of pop music, celebrity, and guns, it's a uniquely American tragedy.
Did you watch Phil Spector last night? And what was your take?
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Even if you managed to walk away from Harmony Korine's latest film Spring Breakers without the effects of PTSD, you're bound to have some questions. First and foremost, a quivering "Why?!" But there are other, more specific questions, too.
For instance, who were those creepy twins? Or that guy with the ice cream cone tattooed on his face? And what was all that so-called s**t that James Franco's character Alien was yelling about? Hopefully, our glossary of all things Spring Breakers might be able to give you some answers...
ATL TwinsSidney and Thurman Sewell, inseparable Atlanta-based brothers whose skateboarding career helped access the attention of Vice Magazine, which in turn printed a 2012 interview with the pair regarding their bizarre lifestyle and sexual proclivities (i.e., their sharing of a bed, and dogmatic devotion to only sleeping with girls together). The Sewells have a minor part playing themselves in Spring Breakers as associates of Franco's Alien, who comments on their penchant for "double penetration."
Britney SpearsAmerican pop icon whose career as a recording artist and tabloids mainstay is chronicled comprehensively viaSpring Breakers'use of her hit numbers "...One More Time" and "Everytime," as well as the overarching subtext of the film (as documented here).
Calvin Klein Escapemen’s fragrance developed by the Calvin Klein fashion house incorporation in 1993. Franco's Alien is the proud owner of one or more containers of Calvin Klein Escape.
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DangerussRuss Curry, a Florida-based hip hop artist who is confirmed by director Harmony Korine to have inspired Franco's character Alien. Crafted such musical numbers as "My Fork."
DTFColloquial Acronym Representing The Phrase "Down To F**K," Signifying A Party's Willingness To Engage In Acts Of Promiscuity. The Acronym Can Be Read On The Seat Of The Sweatpants Worn By The Characters
DubstepGenre of electronic dance music featured prominently throughout Spring Breakers. See: Skrillex
Gucci ManeRadric Davis, an Atlanta-born hip hop artist who plays Alien's nemesis Archie in Spring Breakers. Sports a larga facial tattoo of an ice cream cone. In 2006, Davis served six months in prison for aggravated assault. His highest charting album to date was 2010's The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted
Kool-AidBrand of flavored mix drink introduced in the United States of America by Kraft Foods in 1927. Franco's Alien boasts ownership of the "blue" variety.
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My Little PonyAmerican entertainment franchise spawned in 1983 as a Hasbro toy line; since has taken form in various children's television programs, including the 2010 iteration My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which is referenced visually sporadically throughout Spring Breakers.
NunchucksFrom the Japanese nunchaku, traditional weapon employed in the Okinawan martial arts. Franco's character Alien boasts ownership of one or more pair.
Riff RaffJody Christian, Texas-based hip hop artist who has appeared on the MTV reality series From G's to Gents. claims to have been the basis for Franco's Spring Breakers character Alien, which Franco decrees to be untrue.
SaiTraditional martial arts weapon consisting of one long pointed metal baton and two smaller curved prongs to its side. Franco's Alien boasts ownership of one or more.
Scarface1983 crime drama epic directed by Brian De Palma and starring Al Pacino as antihero Tony Montana. The film was adapted from Howard Hawks' 1932 gangster movie of the same name. Franco's Alien has a copy of Scarface playing on perpetual repeat.
ShortsBifurcated garment covering the waist down to the knee, with varying degrees of length. Often warm in lieu of long pants to accomodate for warm weather, or as a decision of fashion. Franco's character Alien owns many pairs of shorts, in a variety of colors. This is a fact in which he takes a good deal of pride.
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ShurikenTraditional Japanese concealed weapon bearing the form of a pointed cross or star, colloquially referred to as "throwing star." Franco's Alien boasts ownership of one or more.
SkrillexSonny John Moore, electronic musician whose music is featured prominently throughout Spring Breakers.
SpiciousRegional slang for "suspicious." term used by Franco's Alien.
Spring BreakA seemingly fun and carefree vacation getaway that will destroy your soul and mind. Spring break forever.
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Portrayed the legendary 1960s music producer in HBO movie "Phil Spector," directed by David Mamet

Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie ("You Don't Know Jack")

Played a college professor and forensics expert hunted by a serial killer in "88 Minutes"

Returned to features with "The Son of No One," co-starring Channing Tatum and Juliette Binoche

Returned to stage as Shylock in Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Merchant of Venice"; earned Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Reprised role in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" for Broadway production; won second Tony Award

Played a grandfather in Depression-era "Two Bits"; role was Pacino's tribute to his beloved grandfather who raised him

Summary

Arguably the greatest and most accomplished actor of his generation, Al Pacino became a cultural icon thanks to revered performances in a wide range of classic films, including "The Godfather" (1972), "Scarface" (1983) and "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992). Coming to prominence during the 1970s - a period commonly regarded as Hollywood's last Golden Age - he possessed none of the classic features of leading men from Tinseltown's previous heyday, but nonetheless, enthralled audiences with absorbing performances on screens both large and small. As a Method actor, Pacino revealed the dark complexities of characters like Frank Serpico, Sonny Wortzik and Colonel Frank Slade. But in life, the actor remained an elusive figure, preferring to avoid disclosing anything of a personal nature. Despite such reluctance to open up about his life, Pacino maintained a long, prominent career in which he accomplished acting's rarest of feats - winning Oscar, Emmy <i>and</i> Tony awards.

Became involved in the early 1970s; Rekindled relationship in the early 1980s; Acted together in "The Godfather" trilogy; Reportedly became romantically involved during filming of the third part in 1989; No longer together

Born Feb. 16, 1922; was only 18 years old when son Al Pacino was born; left home when Al was two; moved to Covina, CA; owned a restaurant called Pacino's Lounge, which closed down in 1992; Died in 2005 of a heart attack at age 82

Rose Pacino

Mother

Was a young mother; raised Pacino with the help of her parents; died in 1962

Education

"I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets." – Pacino in The Hollywood Reporter Star Profiles, 1984

"We used to play on a stoop in front of the local drug store on 173rd Street and Bryant Avenue [in the Bronx]. So nothing much has changed. The thing that struck me when I saw 'Scent of a Woman' was that when [Pacino] was 11 or 12 years old, he would always pretend to be a blind man. He used to walk down 174th Street, pretend he was blind and ask people to help him across the street. So it wasn't a surprise for me to see him get an Academy Award for a role he's been playing all his life." – Kenneth Lipper, neighborhood friend who grew up to be NYC Deputy Mayor under Ed Koch (and also co-screenwriter of "City Hall") quoted in The New York Times, Oct. 7, 1996

"Movies are wonderful. I love seeing them. But they're not as much fun to do for me. It's a very fragmented existence. You may only shoot a minute a day. There's a lot of waiting. But when you work on the stage, something can happen in your imagination that can affect the way you perform for the rest of your life. If you have a steady diet of that, you miss it.

About returning to film acting in 1989's "Sea of Love" after a four year absence: "There was a division in my life, especially when I was younger, that films were there [he points left] and I was there [he points right]. I needed to understand and appreciate film as a form, not just something that I was in. I had to get more intimate with it, get my hands on it. Making my own picture ("The Local Stigmatic") gave me that tactile sense. And I think that helped me go on" – Pacino quoted in The Los Angeles Times, June 29, 1999

"I knew I would [be an actor] for the rest of my life at age 22, when I was in a Strindberg play called 'The Creditors." It was at the Actor's Gallery in SoHo on West Broadway, and I had found that through this play I was able to express [myself], and it wasn't just performing for me anymore; it became a way of speaking, talking about things. And I thought this will always be a way to express [myself]." – Pacino to the Daily News, Oct. 24, 1999

"I'd like to be remembered as the only man who lived to be 250 years old! [Laughs] And as someone who had a chance to do what he always wanted to do. I like to think I'm a guy who wasn't going to make it, and I did. So it's good to buck the odds. If that means anything to anyone, I will be grateful from the beyond." – Pacino on how he wants to be remembered, to USA Weekend, Jan. 26, 2003

"I wasn't going through a particularly good time [during "The Godfather"]. I was very unhappy. For the first few weeks, they were thinking of firing me. And I couldn't understand why they didn't." – Pacino quoted to Premiere magazine, December 2004/January 2005

"One of the great things about acting is to suddenly be able to tell someone who has a chain saw at your face to shove it up his ass." – Pacino quoted to Premiere magazine, December 2004/January 2005

"I usually agree with what critics say about movies. Not about mine of course, I'm too subjective. But in retrospect when I look back at their criticism of my movies, I would agree most of the time." – Pacino in Hollywood Life magazine, September/October 2006

"I never acted on drugs, ever. I couldn't even act on a few drinks. It doesn't suit me. I like being aware of things." – Pacino quoted in Rolling Stone, March 28, 2013